Verse Text
līlā-kīrtanam, yathā saptame—
so ’haṁ priyasya suhṛdaḥ para-devatāyā
līlā-kathās tava nṛsiṁha viriṣca-gītāḥ |
aṣjas titarmy anugṛṇan guṇa-vipramukto
durgāṇi te pada-yugālaya-haṁsa-saṅgaḥ ||147||
Translation
Līlā-kīrtanam is illustrated in the Seventh Canto: O my Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, by engaging in Your transcendental loving service in the association of devotees who are liberated souls [haṁsas], I shall become completely uncontaminated by the association of the three modes of material nature and be able to chant the pastimes of Your Lordship, who are so dear to me. I shall chant Your pastimes, following exactly in the footsteps of Lord Brahmā and his disciplic succession. In this way, I shall undoubtedly be able to cross the ocean of nescience. SB 7.9.18
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Titarmi means “I will cross.”
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In the Seventh Canto, Ninth Chapter, verse 18, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Mahārāja Prahlāda offers the following prayers to the Lord: “My dear Lord Nṛsiṁha, if I can be elevated to the position of Your servant, then it will be possible for me to hear about Your activities. You are the supreme friend, the supreme worshipable Deity. Your pastimes are transcendental, and simply by hearing of them one can counteract all his sinful activities. Therefore, I shall not care for all those sinful activities, because simply by hearing about Your pastimes I shall get out of all the contamination of material attachment.”
There are many songs about the Lord’s activities. For example, there is the Brahma-saṁhitā, sung by Lord Brahmā; Nārada Paṣcarātra, sung by Nārada Muni; and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, sung by Śukadeva Gosvāmī. If these songs are heard by any person, he can easily get out of the clutches of material contamination. There should be no difficulty in hearing these songs of God. They are coming down from many, many millions of years ago, and people are still taking advantage of them. So why, at this time, should one not take full advantage and thus become liberated?